The Adam Smartpad (Tablet) weighs 770 grams, 0.6-inch thick and has 10.1-inch scratch-resistant touch screen. The device comes loaded with features that are likely to impress everyone.

The device will be among the first to feature Pixel Qi display, a low-cost, power-saving screen that can operate in three modes. Besides the LCD mode, it can run in a low-power, basic colour trans-reflective mode and a very low-power, sunlight-readable e-paper mode that mounts no pressure on the eye. It consumes one-tenth of the battery compared with conventional LCDs. The screen comes with fingerprint-resistant oleophobic (oil repelling) and anti-glare coating.

The tablet uses the integral Lithium-ion battery, which will hold good up to 48 hours standby, eight hours of high definition video playback or 16 hours of Internet surfing over WiFi.

The smartpad runs on NVIDIA’s powerful, yet energy-saving, eight-core Tegra system-on-chip, which will drive the system at astonishing speeds while ensuring battery longevity.

The device will almost be entirely manufactured in Taiwan. TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc. has been roped in for touch screens, and talks are on with major Original Device Manufacturers (ODMs) for the final product.

It will have three interfaces: the touch screen, an on-screen virtual keyboard and a track pad located behind the screen, allowing users to manoeuvre the cursor from the front or the rear.

Adam comes with rotatable three megapixel camera at the top can effortlessly take pictures or videos within a 180 degree angle.

The developers were assisted by the National Institute of Design (Research and Development campus, Bangalore) in elements of next generation operating system (OS), user interfaces, usability issues and product concepts. For starters, Adam will support gesture control, thanks to the Android user interface.

Notion Ink is talking to telecom providers in India and the U.S. to test the device for connectivity issues on delivery of the first batch of 60 Adams.

Notion Ink decided to use Android because it lets the device take advantage of applications developed by the open-source community. Although Android is not designed specifically for larger devices with large screens, Notion Ink has developed a software wrapper around it to support the Pixel Qi screen. A software development kit for third-party developers is scheduled to be released next year.

The company has decided to develop its own office applications as well as an e-reader for the device, which it will offer free to customers.[source: Hindu]

Looks pretty snappy and it's a capacitive screen. The design is not as sleek as the apple design. But a lot of the things missing on the iPad can be found on this device. (3x USB, 1080p playback, HDMI, swivel camera 3MP, SDslot)